The site of Ngandong along the Solo River in Central Java is one of the most important fossil localities outside of Africa. During a three-year period of excavations in the 1930s, the remains of 11-12 hominids were recovered ...

In the introduction of my essay, I contend that Nietzsche's use of the term "metaphysics" refers to Being metaphysics, whose basic claim is that truth and substance are eternal and unchanging. I also conclude that Nietzsche's ...

Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay traveled to Papuan New Guinea in 1871 to study the lifeways of previously uncontacted people. Without the support of a guiding professor or training in ethnographic methods, he successfully learned ...

This thesis began as a study of images of women used in representation of strong, masculine, abstract ideals. It was narrowed to discuss images of Liberty in France during the nineteenth century. The research questioned ...

This study investigates the temporal variation of nitrate concentrations in ground and surface waters of DeKalb County, Illinois, and examines the presence or absence of a layer at the top of the phreatic zone contaminated ...

The proton magnetic resonance spectrum of the electron transfer protein cytochrome c peroxidase and its cyano, azido, and fluoro complexes have been measured at 60, 100, and 360 MHz. Also Complex I was measured at 360 MHz. ...

An observational study was carried out during the Winter and Spring seasons of 1991 in an attempt to gain information on mid-latitude nocturnal low-level jets. Seasonal characteristics were analyzed. The source of data for ...

In this dissertation, we study the nonlinear, non-local boundary value problem consisting of the second order equation -( p(t)y') ' + q(t) = w( t)f(y) on [a,b] and one of two boundary conditions involving a Riemann-Stieltjes ...

The purpose of this thesis is to help western students of African music to understand the social factors that not only influence African musicians and African people in general in the making of their music, but also cause ...

Accelerated life testing is concerned with subjecting long life items to a series of stress levels higher than those experienced under normal conditions so as to obtain the lifetime distribution of the items under normal ...

This is a paper for my research project on noncontact liquid level detection using Ultrasonic Transducers. This project will explore the details about use of ultrasonic transducers for detecting liquid level of a container. ...

Advanced ceramics are being proposed as the material to take us into the 21st century. Although advanced ceramics have special attributes, they are very brittle. Defect location and characterization therefore become a ...

In this thesis a new approach of nonlinear adaptive control is applied to structurally elastic multi-link manipulators. The research begins with the general dynamics of structurally elastic manipulators. Then a modified ...

In this thesis several two-sample and multisample nonparametric tests £or scale with both known and unknown location parameters are reviewed. A nonparametric multiple comparison test for differences in location is also ...

The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge base on teacher immediacy behaviors in the college classroom. Imm ediacy behaviors are the com munication behaviors that enhance closeness to and nonverbal ...

Automated Visual Inspection (AVI) has wide quality control applications. When applying the machine vision for mensuration, AVI requires that the vision camera is mounted vertically to the surface of the inspection table. ...